entire period with which he
was prosecuting, with due diligence, the abortive appeal filed before
CEGAT should be excluded, which would include the period even ... prior to
22.6.1992 when the abortive appeal was filed. As an alternative
submission, on the assumption that Section 14 applied only to Courts
that a few days after the incident the prosecutrix had an abortion which was really caused because of the rape committed by the three appellants ... Sessions Judge has found by a circuitous process of reasoning that abortion of the prosecutrix was the logical result of the rape committed
best interests of a mentally retarded woman
to undergo an abortion. The said woman (name withheld, hereinafter
`victim') had become pregnant as a result ... clearly indicates that consent is
an essential condition for performing an abortion on a woman who has
attained the age of majority and does
dignity and modesty. She had
stated that many girls had to undergo abortion because of the rapes
committed on them by the Swami ... Relatives in Instances of Instances of Statement
Rank the Ashram rape abortion made u/s
committed 161(3) and
and the period
told Lalita that he got
Alpana admitted in the hospital for her abortion and during
the treatment the condition of Alpana became serious causing ... injury in uterus or vagina. He
said it was possible that the abortion was caused without
applying the anaesthesia to the deceased causing her death
conception; prevent the
misuse of prenatal diagnostic techniques for sex selection
abortions and to regulate such techniques. It is mandatory to
maintain proper record ... Action
identified “violence against women” to “include forced sterilization
and forced abortion, coercive/forced use of contraceptives, female
infanticide and prenatal sex selection
best interests of a mentally retarded woman
to undergo an abortion. The said woman (name withheld, hereinafter
`victim') had become pregnant as a result ... clearly indicates that consent is
an essential condition for performing an abortion on a woman who has
attained the age of majority and does
religious leaders that they would even oppose any
measure of birth control. Abortion or miscarriage would be
opposed with greater force by these persons ... concerned with
destruction of foetus life. This is what is known as
abortion or miscarriage. To dispel any doubt as to whether
the foetus
rules framed
thereunder ............................................................................................................ 9
D. Barriers to accessing safe and legal abortions ....................................... 16
i. RMPs’ fear of prosecution...................................................................... 16
ii. Social stigma surrounding unmarried women ... event that the Medical Board concludes that the
fetus can be aborted without danger to the life of the
petitioner, a team of doctors
that the Indian Penal Code was enacted in the
year 1860 and abortion was a crime punishable by imprisonment upto 7 years
and also with ... save life of the
women. Large number of women died attempting illegal abortions and finally the
Government of India constituted a Committee known
